Mitch McGary, once pegged as the No. 2 overall prospect in the country, has fallen considerably in the national rankings.

"I was top five, then I fell down to top 20," McGary recalled. "They bumped me down because of the game they saw on ESPN. All they saw was me with, like, three points. But I had 15 rebounds. And we won."

McGary played on national television against top 2013 big man Nerlens Noel in January. McGary was 1-for-8 from the floor against Noel and fell out of the top-20 shortly thereafter.

McGary's fall in the rankings is serving as motivation.

"He'll tell you those numbers don't mean anything, but I know it bothered him," McGary's father, Tim McGary, said. "I know it did. Because people started to say things and people started to question him as a player, and he doesn't like that.

"But I think he'll use that. And I think it'll make him better."